Corporate Executive Board Corporation (NYSE:CEB) Downgrade

Corporate Executive Board Corporation (NYSE:CEB)‘s “Outperform” rating is no longer valid. The firm rating was cut by expert analysts at RBC Capital Markets to “Sector Perform”. They have a PT of $60.00 on CEB.

CEB Inc. (NYSE:CEB) Ratings Coverage

Out of 4 analysts covering Corp. Exec. Board (NYSE:CEB), 3 rate it a “Buy”, 1 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”. This means 75% are positive. $93 is the highest target while $58 is the lowest. The $72.80 average target is 24.44% above today’s ($58.5) stock price. Corp. Exec. Board has been the topic of 12 analyst reports since July 30, 2015 according to StockzIntelligence Inc. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Friday, February 26 by Stifel Nicolaus. RBC Capital Markets maintained the stock with “Outperform” rating in Thursday, July 30 report. The stock of CEB Inc. (NYSE:CEB) earned “Buy” rating by Deutsche Bank on Thursday, September 17. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Tuesday, February 9 by RBC Capital Markets. Stifel Nicolaus maintained the shares of CEB in a report on Friday, February 5 with “Buy” rating. Stifel Nicolaus maintained the shares of CEB in a report on Thursday, July 30 with “Buy” rating. As per Tuesday, November 10, the company rating was initiated by Cantor Fitzgerald. Barclays Capital maintained the shares of CEB in a report on Thursday, July 30 with “Equal Weight” rating. RBC Capital Markets maintained the shares of CEB in a report on Tuesday, October 25 with “Outperform” rating.

About 208,095 shares traded hands. CEB Inc. (NYSE:CEB) has declined 9.18% since April 25, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 15.19% the S&P500.

Analysts await CEB Inc. (NYSE:CEB) to report earnings on February, 1. They expect $0.95 EPS, down 7.77% or $0.08 from last year’s $1.03 per share. CEB’s profit will be $30.85 million for 15.39 P/E if the $0.95 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.82 actual EPS reported by CEB Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 15.85% EPS growth.

CEB Company Profile

CEB Inc., incorporated on September 11, 1997, is an insight and technology company. The Firm operates through two divisions: CEB and CEB Talent Assessment. The Company’s solutions managed by people include managed by people include talent management. Talent management include plan, recruit, assess, develop, engage and perform. The Company’s solutions managed by function include compliance and legal, finance, financial services, government, human resources, information technology, innovation and strategy, marketing and communications, procurement and operations, risk and audit, and sales and service. The Company’s services and products include best practices and decision support, leadership councils, market insights, talent management and measurement, and tools and solutions. CEB offers approximately 50 different memberships aligned to functional and industry leadership roles. Market insight memberships are services that address the insight and analytics needs of marketing, compliance and financial services. These services include the Company’s CEB TowerGroup and CEB Iconoculture offerings. The Company’s tools and solutions offerings focus on the practical, actionable applications of analytics and planning, and best-practice implementation.

More notable recent CEB Inc. (NYSE:CEB) news were published by: Bizjournals.com which released: “Tom Monahan to step down from CEB after more than a decade at the helm” on August 31, 2016, also Prnewswire.com with their article: “The Corporate Executive Board Company Now “CEB Inc.”” published on May 27, 2015, Prnewswire.com published: “CEB Brings Talent Management Best Practices to Non-profits Worldwide” on November 04, 2016. More interesting news about CEB Inc. (NYSE:CEB) were released by: Moodys.com and their article: “Moody’s changes CEB Inc.’s outlook to negative; Ba2 CFR affirmed” published on April 15, 2016 as well as Prnewswire.com‘s news article titled: “CEB Honors Veterans Throughout The Month Of November” with publication date: November 08, 2016.